How to create a popout layout on top of other application?

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I don't know how to express the name of this design technique, but please view the images below.

This is like the "chathead" of facebook messenger, when you click on chathead, it will show a layout right at the position of chathead, and then you can interact with that application via textview or button. When you click outside the layout it will collapse to become a chathead.

(Note: it's not duplicate, I looked everywhere on the internet before decide to ask this question).

Then you better describe it more than just providing an image. Since that alone doesn't help. — AL., Jun 17 '16 at 03:49
Possible duplicate of [How to create a popup window in android?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7498605/how-to-create-a-popup-window-in-android) — Harshad Pansuriya, Jun 17 '16 at 04:21
Thanks Ironman but it's not duplicate, i found every where on the internet before decide to ask this question to get 2 votes down. It's like "chathead" of facebook messenger, when you click to chathead, he will show a layout right on the position of chathead, and then you can interact with that application via textview or button.. When you click outsite the layout he will collapse to become a chathead icon. — Trần Quốc Hoài new 2015, Jun 17 '16 at 04:38
http://androidsrc.net/facebook-chat-like-floating-chat-heads/ — Kaushik, Jun 17 '16 at 05:08
thanks Kaushik, i know that tutorial, but i don't know how to deal with the popout dialog when you clicked the chathead. — Trần Quốc Hoài new 2015, Jun 17 '16 at 07:34

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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You can use a dialog themed Activity, which is an Activity but acts like a dialog.

<activity android:name="PopActivity" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Dialog" />

Refer this post for details about how to create a dialog themed Activity.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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answered Jun 17 '16 at 05:01

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not working, Theme.Dialog only work when you are in your application context, but when you are in another app, when you click chathead, nothing will happen, no dialog will display on top of another application – Trần Quốc Hoài new 2015 Jun 17 '16 at 08:08

How to create a popout layout on top of other application?

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